If it ain’t loud, it ain’t music!

Oct 31, 2025 Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists

(Kaieteur News) – Listening to music in Guyana these days is not for the faint of heart or the sensitive of ear. The age of soothing melodies and gentle tunes is long gone. These days, if the bass ain’t shaking your ribcage and the treble ain’t threatening to rearrange your brain cells, you ain’t really listening to music.

We’ve entered the decibel generation where music is no longer about melody, mood, or meaning. Nah man, it’s about maximum volume! If your eardrums ain’t pleading for mercy, you ain’t doing it right. The new national motto might as well be: “Louder means vibes!”

Gone are the days when music soothed the soul. In Guyana, music is now an extreme sport. Dem boom boom boxes deh run the place. At home, in the car, on the corner, or at the party—it’s one continuous audio assault. Even deh ones playing gospel want the whole neighbourhood to know they walking with the Lord—LOUDLY!

When the beats drop, conversation drop too. Who need small talk when nobody can hear a blasted thing? These days, socialising means nodding, smiling, and pretending you hear what the other person shouting. The louder the noise, the better the vibes, or so people convince themselves while their ears slowly file for early retirement.

And if you plan to catch a minibus? Pack earplugs or a prayer. One ride and you’ll be baptised in bass. The speakers so big and bad, you does come out the bus feeling like you just survive a sound hurricane.

Music used to be art. Now it’s endurance. A battle of who could out-blast who. A competition to see whose speakers can turn peace and quiet into endangered species.

But hey, who needs peace and quiet when you can have eardrum-shattering bliss? Welcome to the loud life, where silence is suspicious and volume is virtue.

Talk half. Leff half.

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